After weeks of arm-twisting reluctant members and backroom negotiations, House Republicans voted Thursday to pass the much-maligned, “astonishingly evil” American Healthcare Act (AHCA), known as Trumpcare.”The GOP Trumpcare plan is a disaster. It would take away health care from millions of people, cost thousands more for middle-class and low-income Americans, and strip protections from people with pre-existing conditions, all to give a massive tax break to insurance company CEOs and the wealthiest Americans.” —Ben Wikler, MoveOn.org
“God have mercy on your souls,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) told her GOP colleagues during Thursday’s floor debate. The final vote …